Occupation: Comedian Birth: August 4, 1941
Whatever that thing is that white people like in blacks, I don't have it. Maybe it's my arrogance or my self-assurance or the way I carry myself, but….
Majority doesn't rule. One person can change the history of the world..
We have a lot of black Anglo-Saxons. Their skin is black, but their brain is white. When I get real mad at them, I call them graham crackers..
I can't change the past, but one person can change the future - anything can happen..
When they were making black films in the '60s and the '70s, everyone knew their place, if you get my drift. You understand? Everyone knew the rules, ….
No wonder circus animals do what they do: They tortured them. And you know the only ones they can't control? It's the chimpanzees. You can't control ….
A new broom can sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is..
I have nothing to do with racism in America; it was here when I got here..
Listen, we've got one little ol' black president, and white folks are upset, but they've had 43..
If your hair is relaxed, white people are relaxed. If your hair is nappy, they're not happy..
If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing..
White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that..
A woman can tell me about her having a baby, but I'll never know what it is to have a baby..
The political arena is the funniest.They [politicians] are always pretending to change, but they never change. They're the best actors and actresses ….
People think you're crazy if you turn money down... people worship money..
Hollywood doesn't even have respect for itself. Hollywood lies to itself..
There's always a message in my comedy..
You got to remember that slavery's very complex. It has a lot of levels to it..
The king of comedy is dead. Richard Pryor was the king of comedy. The rest of them are the king of copycats..
America does not like losers. Look how we treated those soldiers who came back from Vietnam. Because they lost. America likes winners..
People don't want to hear the truth, they never do. They wanna live in some kind of fantasy. And then when they get caught up in it, they start being….